Changing Institutions in the European Union: A Public Choice Perspective

Presented by Eusepi (public finance, U. of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy) and Schneider (economics and public finance, Johannes Kepler U. of Linz, Austria) nine papers, accompanied by critical commentary, address a variety of current issues in institutional European fiscal and monetary issues. Topics include national indebtedness and deficits, European Monetary Union fiscal rules, tax harmonization and tax competition, the role of the international monetary institutions, the Danish experience of European integration, and the rule of parliamentary democracy in fiscal and monetary integration. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)